Posted: 6/6/2007 10:42:40 AM EDT
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Does anyone have one? Are they worth the price that I have seen them for or is it better to go with solar power or should I do a mix? I'm looking to use it in Texas where that I'm not sure yet but I have been looking at maybe getting one or two of them to set up when I buy my retirement land in the next two or three years. I'm wanting to make this land and the home a place that does not need outside electricity. Now I know I'm not going to be able to get it for sometime but I like to look ahead and place it in the plans. |
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try www.homepower.com/ particularly www.homepower.com/files/featured/TurbineBuyersGuide.pdf just happens to be a look at wind turbines. also, 1_BIG_BUNKER has done the wind power setup. He said the biggest hassles with wind are the height and distance requirements (rule of thmb to have your rotor at least 30 feet higher than any trees or buildings within 300 feet) Another thing he said he's do differently is to have a generator that has the inverter at the genset, so that small amps at 120 volts would be the wiring needs, rather than trying to deliver low voltage dc at very high amps. |
Right now I'm not sure I have two years to find a place that I like. But my job will be in Dallas but I'm going to try to find a place an hour or two west of it for my land.
Thanks for that info I'm going to be buying just the land and cutting and clearing anything I don't need. I took a look at my elec bill and it said I use 25.8 KWh per day and 758 KWh I think per month. |
The first thing to think about if you're going off grid is conservation. That will give you much more bang for your buck than trying to meet your existing on-grid demand. See where you can cut your electric bill around your current domicile first, before using that as a guideline for how big of an RE system you'll need. +1 on HomePower. It's a great magazine, and the full previous edition is usually available for download on the website every two months in PDF format. ~W |
In the 50 year old home I'm in now this is cutting down for us it keeps a nice 80 degs in my home all day until its night time then we get down to 75 if where lucky. The home I'm in now has window A/C that suck and insulation sucks I'm glade to be leaving it. |